If you haven’t seen the Japanese Cheesecake yet taking over your social feeds, let us fill you in! This easy recipe is a simple, no-bake dessert that went viral in Japan for its creamy, cheesecake-like texture. But why stop at cheesecake when you can have cheesecake ice cream sandwiches, right?
We decided to up the gut-healthy game here, and we turned this dessert into ice cream sandwiches made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. Inside our creamy farmer cheese is a divine mixture of almond butter and maple syrup, all of which is embellished with strawberries for a juicy fruit taste, beautiful color, vitamins, and fiber. Plus, they add the perfect delicate texture when combined with our farmer cheese for a dessert unlike any other!
To make this recipe, we pair our creamy, cultured cheese with sweet cinnamon-flavored cookie biscuits to create the ice cream sandwiches, which creates an easy, creamy treat that’s divine all on its own or with any combination of fruit and other types of nut butter. You can addd in chocolate chips, sliced or chopped nuts, or anything else your heart desires. Find our cheese at a store near you, then grab the ingredients so you can make this recipe with us!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 4 hours (including freeze time) Servings: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1/3 - 1/2 cup Farmer Cheese
- 2 tbsp. almond butter*
- 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup
- 8 Biscoff cookies or other cinnamon-flavored cookies
- 1/3 - 1/2 cup sliced strawberries*
Directions
- Add Lifeway Farmer Cheese, almond butter, and maple syrup to a food processor, and process until fully combined.
- Line a small rectangular container with parchment paper and press down. Place 4 cookies in the container with two cookies side by side and the other two side by side right underneath them to fill the 4 cookies in the bottom of the container.
- Spread 1/4 the farmer cheese mixture from step 1 onto each cookie evenly (about 1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons). Place 1/4 of the strawberries on top evenly (about 1/8 cup or two tablespoons).
- Place the remaining 4 cookies on top of the prepared cookies, and slightly press down to seal. Freeze for 4 hours until set. Remove and thaw for 10 minutes. Enjoy them as is, or slice them first.
- *You can sub the almond butter for any nut butter of choice or the strawberries for any fruit of choice to make different variations.
